Tag: Grindavik
Risk of new outbreak – Grindavik is evacuated
Updated: Today 21:04 Published: Today 19:27 Iceland’s Grindavik was evacuated again on Saturday after seismic activity moved closer to the city, the Icelandic public service company reports RUV. According to…
Short return visits to Grindavík
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen An aerial view of Grindavik from January 15. Archive image. Photo: Marco Di Marco/AP/TT After new warnings about possible volcanic eruptions in southwest Iceland, the…
Expert: Volcanic eruption death sentence for Grindavík
share-arrowShare unsaveSave chevron-left previous expand-left full screen chevron-rightnext The volcanic eruption at Grindavík is likely just the first of many in the area for many years to come, experts predict…
The lava has reached Grindavik – houses are on fire
A new volcanic eruption in Iceland started on Sunday morning. During the afternoon, the lava reached the town of Grindavik, where houses caught fire and started burning. According to seismologist…
The lava has reached Grindavík – residents are evacuated: “Despaired, sad and worried”
Lava has reached Iceland’s Grindavík since another volcanic eruption occurred north of the coastal town on Sunday morning. Halldórsdóttir, who has lived all his life in Grindavík, was evacuated with…
The volcano risk is downgraded – evacuees from Grindavik can return to their homes
The activity from the volcanic eruption in Iceland has decreased in the last 24 hours. Now authorities have downgraded the assessed risk for the nearby evacuated town of Grindavik. Today,…
In Iceland, the volcano near Grindavik has erupted, the images are striking
ICELAND – The eruption of the volcano near Grindavík was expected, this week it is mobilizing scientists and authorities, who are monitoring the evolution of the phenomenon. The Icelanders have…
Grindavik holds its breath before the volcanic eruption: “It won’t be an ordinary Christmas this year”
It has now been more than a week since Grindavik’s 4,000 inhabitants were evacuated after a magma tunnel, a so-called rock passage, was discovered under the town. So far, no…
Iceland worried after discovery of magma fissure in Grindavik
In Iceland, the Fagradalsfjall volcano is once again shaking the earth and threatening to erupt in Grindavik, a town located 40 km southwest of the capital Reykjavik. The island declared…